Miami Hurricane, September 25, 1981

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Volume 58, No.9.....................Friday, September 25, 1981
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\liminiis Looks Back To 50 Years Ago
B> SHARON HINSON
Veu s Writer
Editor •, note During this year's m oming. the University of Mi it'- las of If) II u ill haw its fiOth union In this two-part series, •niber s of the class of 1931 re mi ve about life at DM during its rl\ sears.
Richard Pomeroy decided to at-nd I'M. because tie hoped Miami's mate would be good for his asth-i
It was Hut his college years gave m more lhan good health, they
gave him what he calls "the four greatest years of my life."
Kor Pomeroy, the memories began the moment he came to campus in 1927
He traveled by train from his hometown of Ridley Park, Penn, to Miami and then by trolley to the old cardboard college
"I came walking into school with a tennis racket and a banjo mandolin" and wearing a gold football pin from prep school, Pomeroy recalled "A chap grabbed me right away and I was sandbagged into the fraternity before I knew what the score was."
That first night he went dancing at a nightclub called the Silver Slipper. His date was a high school senior "and I knew about 20 to 30 people,” he said
"I had one helluva time I got a little drunk."
Of course, during Pomerory’s college years. Prohibition was in effect This may have outlawed alcohol, but it failed to dry out the campus
Besides going to speakeasies, UM students obtained their illegal liquids through a variety of methods.
One way was to drive to a certain gas station, make a deal and
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pay for the whiskey, said Pomeroy, a member of the Class of 1931. “Then |we| drove two or three blocks and someone came by in a car and handed you the whiskey."
Another way involved a downtown parking garage. If someone parked in stall 107 that meant he wanted whiskey, he said
Pomerory's fondest memories are not of the parties and drinking, but of the part he and other early UM students played in shaping the school.
“The traditions of the school all started with us," he said proudly.
For example, a hatred for the University of Florida Gators began in the late twenties, because the Gators looked down on UM for being a new school, he said.
Like other students he was involved in many school activities. Pomeroy, one of the first UM students from the north, belonged to the Pi Chi fraternity, student council, Wing and Wig (the drama club).
Along with other Greeks he formed the Interfraternity Council, which he was president of in his senior year.
He played on the tennis team and remembers the first match, which was against Florida Southern,
"We went up there and they beat us 5 to 1," he said.
But not before he and his doubles partner. Charlie English, won the
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UBOG: Deli
Decision Not Kosher
By JEAN CLAUDE de la FRANCE
Head News Writer
The food is good, the service clean and fast, but several members on the Univesity Board of Governors (UBOG) say that something is not Kosher about the Lakeside deli.
They are more interested in other aspects of the deli in the Student Union, by the pool entrance, than they are in the service.
UBOG is the body that makes decisions on space allocations for the Student Union, but discontented UBOG members say that they were not contacted before the deli was erected
“We first heard of it during an orientation meeting two weeks ago," said a member who asked not to be identified.
Union Director Joe Pineda said that the Board had given its approval for the search for a “revenue-generating organization" to use the room now used by the deli.
Minutes from a UBOG meeting last year showed that the Board moved for such an organization to use the room
The deli, according to figures quoted by SAGA food director Roger Fry, will generate close to $15,000 in profit a year.
But members of the Board question the legality of going one step further and actually implementing the Deli without board approval.
Pineda deferred response to that until the next UBOG meeting on October 1.
Board members also complained that the deli was not put up for bid.
Vice-president for Business Affairs Oliver Bonnert said it is not mandatory to put such things up for bid The decision to award the deli to SAGA without bidding was his alone, and dealt strictly with economics.
“For the small amount of money it would generate, it would not be worthwhile," to put it up for bid, Bonnert said.
But the complaints charged that Pineda told them during the meeting that several people had bid on the deli but that SAGA outbid the others.
In seperate interviews with The Miami Hurricane, Pineda and Fry said that the contract was not put up for bid
Pineda, admitting that he had never seen SAGA's overall contract with the University, said that he thought it is exclusive and that he had no chqice but to give the contract to award the deli to SAGA
“It was not as if 1 had a choice between SAGA or say Burger King or anything else in there," he said
Bonnert, whose office is one of the principal negotiators and the "guardian of the contract,” said he could have negotiated the contract.
The deli is a result of a request made two years ago for the Student Union to break even in order to prevent the use of tuition dollars to go to support the Union, Bonnert said.
The Board proposed a barber shop but could not obtain proper zoning permit from the City of Coral Gables, Pineda said.
Approved plans for an on-campus pizza operation had to be scrapped because the initial costs would run too high, F‘ry said.
The idea to put up a deli was the brainchild of former Director of Auxiliary Services Laverne Farmer and Fry himself. Fry said
Farmer has since then left the University, and Fry said he could not recall whose idea it actually was.
The idea came up during the summer and UBOG members might not have been available for consultation, Bonnert suggested.
But UBOG chairperson Amy Muise said she had been in town all summer except for “a very brief period of time.” She said no one contacted her.
Other UBOG members reached by The Hurricane said they knew nothing of the deli until it became a fait accompli. No one asked them to vote on it.
Pineda declined to comment on whether or not any attempts were made by his office to reach any of the UBOG members until the Oct. 1 meeting.
Instead he asked The Hurricane to give him a list of its questions, then decided to answer them during the meeting.
“Each member of the Board will have a list of the questions and my answers in writing prior to the meeting," he said.
He has extended an invitation to The Hurricane to attend the meeting.
In a preliminary interview, Pineda had indicated that he was not actively involved with the decision as to whether or not to use the room as a deli.
The Student Union falls under the Division of Student Affairs, but attempts to reach Vice-president William Butler failed.
At press time it was not known who represented the students in the negotiations.

Emphasis is on academics ind social activities, but iverall, socialization is given 0 these kids.
M Day Care Center Keeps Kids
By maria salazar
News Writer
’ "illy does the University 'Jmi Provide a place for 17-v "'itering freshmen, it also 1 es a place for two- to five-j 11 children,
1-ocated on campus is a day 1 n ! 1 which houses the kids of u ,y u,'d the student body, w
1!5?*s are in session.
he center is sponsored by ersity, The United Way,
I ,KPiSc°Pal Ct,urch, which do he building now being usei ie center.
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1 "r °f this center. “Our em| , s "n academics and social ac overall, an emphasis on , J 'on is given to the ki
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,Aguiar day at the center ii He "i.10 tW0 seBments. The ,s the morning program, w
fVnVr°m 7:30 to 12:30. This 'hcludes the morning ac ThUnch' an<l a 0utck nap.
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cooking activities and other house-oriented activities.
Besides offering diverse social activities. the center prepares its students for kindergarten. The classes are divided into two groups: one for the two- to three-year-olds, and one for the four- to five-year-olds
The center currently has room available in its two- to three-year-old class. The other class is full, but the waiting list is open.
At this time, the center is small, but Sick is interested in expanding it to include children under two years of age
Sick explained: "We need the parents of future students to come and sign their children up now.
"This list would contain all those parents interested in our service, and whenever the time comes to ask the administration for more space, this list would back us up."
"This center ... is one of the best around in this area. We have more staff than is required by law. The proportion of teachers to students is one to four most of the time, and that is excellent."
“Otar children have close attention all of the time."
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